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12 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card has created another master piece in his novel, Ender¿s Shadow. This parallel to Ender¿s Game is remarkably intriguing in the different perspectives and interpretations of Ender Wiggin and the development of Bean. You are taken on a journey through a b...

Orson Scott Card has created another master piece in his novel, Ender¿s Shadow. This parallel to Ender¿s Game is remarkably intriguing in the different perspectives and interpretations of Ender Wiggin and the development of Bean. You are taken on a journey through a boy¿s life who acted Ender¿s right hand man in Ender¿s Game. Bean, as he is nicknamed, is a homeless child with nothing but violence and his need for learning accompanying him. Because of his diminutive physicality, he must overcome many situations using only his wits. Personally I felt that this novel was a close second to Ender¿s Game, although many people may disagree. Much more action and inner conflict took place in Ender¿s Game, and I feel that it was, personally, easier to relate to. However, it is still very interesting to see how the much smarter, but more petite ¿shadow of Ender¿ endures his life, and how Ender is portrayed from a different perspective. His deprived childhood makes this book easy to get into, while his perseverance and advance intellectual mind, as well as the many situations he encounters in Battle School, makes this very easy to continue. Even if you have never heard of the book Ender¿s Game, this book is still very interesting and very easy to follow. I would definitely recommend this book to fans of Sci-Fi, and people who just feel like reading a good book.

posted by jonkane on October 17, 2008

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Most Helpful Critical Review

4 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

Good on its own, but not as part of the series

As I said in my headline, this book isn't bad. Alongside Ender's Game however, this book leaves a lot to be desired. The book was not planned while Ender's game was being written and it shows in many many places. The original characters, Bean and Ender primarily, are wr...

As I said in my headline, this book isn't bad. Alongside Ender's Game however, this book leaves a lot to be desired. The book was not planned while Ender's game was being written and it shows in many many places. The original characters, Bean and Ender primarily, are written to be completely different than in Ender's Game. The characters are changed so much in fact as to disrupt the reader's suspension of disbelief. Ender is torn down from genius hero and portrayed instead to be nothing but second rate to Bean. This book fits into the series like a square peg into a round hole.

posted by 11869512 on May 5, 2012

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Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card has created another master piece in his novel, Ender¿s Shadow. This parallel to Ender¿s Game is remarkably intriguing in the different perspectives and interpretations of Ender Wiggin and the development of Bean. You are taken on a journey through a boy¿s life who acted Ender¿s right hand man in Ender¿s Game. Bean, as he is nicknamed, is a homeless child with nothing but violence and his need for learning accompanying him. Because of his diminutive physicality, he must overcome many situations using only his wits. Personally I felt that this novel was a close second to Ender¿s Game, although many people may disagree. Much more action and inner conflict took place in Ender¿s Game, and I feel that it was, personally, easier to relate to. However, it is still very interesting to see how the much smarter, but more petite ¿shadow of Ender¿ endures his life, and how Ender is portrayed from a different perspective. His deprived childhood makes this book easy to get into, while his perseverance and advance intellectual mind, as well as the many situations he encounters in Battle School, makes this very easy to continue. Even if you have never heard of the book Ender¿s Game, this book is still very interesting and very easy to follow. I would definitely recommend this book to fans of Sci-Fi, and people who just feel like reading a good book.

12 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted June 27, 2012

Excellent book

The thinking is highly advanced and makes this book quite an interesting read. I read this after reading Ender's Game, and it is cool how everyhing fits together so perfectly. I would highly recommend this to anyone who doesn't mind thinking while they read. I have read and re-read this numerous times, and will continue to do so in the future!

8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted May 1, 2012

Worth it!

I read Ender's Game first, then decided to read this book next, as I have found out they are now making a movie based on these two books. This book was incredible! Not only did I enjoy immersing myself into Bean's mind, I enjoyed seeing the Battle School and everything else from a different perspective. Well done.

6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted December 31, 2011

Good

Definitly worth buying. My friend ashly bought for me and forced me to read it. Its all aout bean. Hes great and just as clever and thinky and ender but as raised on the streets and has more street smarts. Buy it definitly. Also recommend enders game. And dont think you have to read enders game first. There parrellel novels meant to be read in either order

6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted July 16, 2013

Great

I liked how this book provided another point of view but follows along with the events in enders game

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted July 17, 2013

Awe-inspiring

Ender's Shadow is an excellent read, one I would recommend to readers of all ages and fans of all genres. This book is filled with military intelligence, cunning, wit, humor, friendship, rivalry, loyalty, love, and an admirable amount of grit and determination coming from the smallest and most unlikely of places. Having read Ender's Game already will not take away from this fantastic tale but might, instead, add to it. I hope that readers and fans of Ender will come to love Bean and hold a special place for him in their hearts as I have.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted June 21, 2013

Bean's Story

Loved this book but wish I had read it right after Ender's Game or at the same time!

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted June 19, 2013

Ender's Shadow

Was almost as good as Ender's Game

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted September 26, 2012

Amazing

This is one of the first military sciences fiction booksI have ever read. I loved this book so much I read the entire series and then read all of the Ender books. Not gonna lie, I like the shadow series more, simply because Bean is a major boss in every way. He was given the most interesting background I have ever read, and was given more potential than Ender could ever had had. Although both series are great, I absolutely adore this one.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted May 5, 2012

Good on its own, but not as part of the series

As I said in my headline, this book isn't bad. Alongside Ender's Game however, this book leaves a lot to be desired. The book was not planned while Ender's game was being written and it shows in many many places. The original characters, Bean and Ender primarily, are written to be completely different than in Ender's Game. The characters are changed so much in fact as to disrupt the reader's suspension of disbelief. Ender is torn down from genius hero and portrayed instead to be nothing but second rate to Bean. This book fits into the series like a square peg into a round hole.

4 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted July 1, 2012

interesting to see bean's side of the story

interesting to see bean's side of the story

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted March 25, 2012

Better than ender's game!

Bean's point of view is so enlightening. He was hilarious! This book had even more action than its companion. Now it's time to read the rest off the series!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted January 5, 2012

Great book

Tells the same story of enders game but from a different perspective. Very good book.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted January 2, 2012

It's a really great book. Just like ENDER'S SHADOW!

Pure AWESMENESS!!!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted December 30, 2011

Excellent

An excellent companion to enders game, maintaining the overall flow of the story, as well as the relateability of the charaters, while providing new insights into the world of ender.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted August 13, 2012

Great parallel story telling

Bean may be bettet than Ender

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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8331637

Posted July 31, 2011

Awesome book

A great book showing the original book in a different perspective. Bean turns out to sometims be a more exciting main character than Ender was. Highly recommended!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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Posted June 26, 2011

Long needed sequel to Ender's Game

Excellent read for those who enjoyed Ender's game!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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AJP10

Posted May 26, 2011

I Also Recommend:

Ender's Shadow, A stunning follow up to Ender's Game

Ender's Shadow is the story of Bean, Ender's close comrade and friend from Ender's Game. This story is takes place at the same time as the Ender's Game, however it follows Bean from his early childhood all the way to the end of Ender's Game. This story shows a very different childhood and introduction to the IF compared to Ender, Bean is a street rat that used the IF to escape his town. The story is nothing like Ender's Game, it starts off with Bean starving in the streets of Rotterdam, organizing a gang of children using his immense knowledge. As I was reading this book, it completely changes my perspective on Ender's Game, I feel more empathy for Bean after learning about his struggles. I highly recommend reading this book after Ender's Game to learn the background information. I feel that this book is very powerful and changed my perspective on Ender's Game, I suggest to everybody to get in on this series.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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Kylee_Jo

Posted March 1, 2011

Another Master Piece From Orson Scott Card- BEST ONE YET!!!

Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card, published 12/15/2000,is a fiction book that you wont be able to put down! It is the best one of Card's books yet. It is like Ender's Games but from another charecters point of view. Bean is a hyper-intelligent young kid off the streets that gets recruited by a nun to go to battle school to fight the buggers. It is a very exciting book because you get to see battle school from another perspective besides Ender's and not just anyones. Bean is a very young genius, who has an act to figure things out and not settling for second.
This book is exciting and fun. You wont be able to stop reading it once you have started.This book affected me by giving me an escape from life and stress, it helped me take my mind off of homework and work and gave me a place to go and get lost in a world of pure exciting imagination and adventure. I would recommend this book and other books from the Enders series to everyone and anyone. It is easy to follow and has very clear details so you always know exactly whats going on.
The setting in Ender's Shadow takes place on the hellish streets of Rotterdam, where Bean is on the verge of starvation and fighting for food, but being the smallest and youngest on the street he cant get by with strength or toughness like the other kids. Beans has to use his brain and strategy to survive.Card uses so much detail to describe the setting you know how it feels to live on the streets and you learn the personality's and weaknesses of the other character. In battle school, the author does amazing at drawing this picture for you to where you know exactly how each room and section of the school looks and is used for.
Bean goes through so many adventure and life threatening challenges that keep you locked in and anxious! You will be surprised and shock how many twists and turns there are in the story. The book will surpass all your expectations. Be prepared to fall in love with each character and their lives. I highly recommend Ender's Shadow!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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